Tucows CEO Elliot Noss – DNW Podcast #63 - Noss explains the evolution of Tucows.
Tucows (NADSAQ: TCX) started in the early 90s as a software download site, but is now one of the world’s largest domain name registrars and has a market cap of about $250 million. CEO Elliot Noss explains a common thread in Tucows’ transition from downloads to domains, and now a provider of mobile phone and internet service.
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Mon 21st December 2015
Thu 15th May 2014
4 engaging things Tucows pronounced on the discussion call yesterday -
Selling domains, letting some expire, and the impact of new top level domain names.
Domain name registrar Tucows released its first quarter 2014 earnings yesterday. The investor conference call included four interesting comments/facts about the domain name side of the business.
1. Tucows is testing ways to sell more domains through parked pages.
The company says it has launched an “aggressive program of experimentation” on landing pages for its domain names to ... read more ...
Thu 13th February 2014
Tucows on new TLDs, 2013 RAA, and Advertising -
Tucows CEO Elliot Noss discusses the domain name business in the company’s latest investor call.
Tucows released Q4 2013 earnings and held its investor conference call this week. Here are some highlights:
* Tucows started charging for WHOIS privacy due to increased costs the company faces with the 2103 Registrar Accreditation Agreement.
* Domain parking is still a drag on the company. It expects a flat or downward trend. This also affects its expired domain sales ... read more ...
Thu 14th February 2013
Tucows: fewer large domain sales, though good numbers on reduce labelled domains -
Tucows generates less revenue from its portfolio but sales of $2,000-$3,000 domains still strong.
Tucows reported earnings yesterday, which should give domainers some insight into how large domain portfolio holders are doing.
The headline number is that sales from Tucows’ domain portfolio in Q4 2012 were $300,000 less than the same quarter of 2011. But a lot of that has to do with the lumpiness of high dollar domain sales.
Here’s how Tucows CEO Elliot Noss explained ... read more ...
Thu 12th May 2011
Tucows Handicaps a Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore -
Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month?
For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June.
But then Lawrence Strickling, head of the NTIA, said he didn’t think this was possible unless ICANN got on board with government demands.
So what does Tucows CEO Elliot Noss think the chances are?
BMO Capital Markets analyst Thanos Moschopoulos ... read more ...
Tue 20th July 2010
Forbes Explains How Tucows’ CEO Plays Video Games to Become a Better Leader -
Forbes published an article yesterday about how video games can teach better leadership, and the article prominently features Tucows CEO Elliot Noss. The article starts off:
Elliot Noss, chief executive of domain name provider Tucows, has spent the past five years training to become a better leader. How? By playing “World of Warcraft” for six to seven hours a week.
“‘You have these events [in “World of Warcraft”] that are very leadership-driven,” Noss ... read more ...
Fri 21st May 2010
Meet a Faces Behind a Top 10 Domain Registrars -
VeriSign interviews founders and CEOs of top domain name registrars.
Some domain name registrars have boisterous CEOs with their own blogs and video blogs. Others are a bit quieter. As part of its “25 Years of .Com” celebration, VeriSign has captured the stories behind 10 of the top domain name registrars, and it’s a good opportunity to hear from the quieter CEOs in the industry.
VeriSigns “Meet the domain pioneers” features the CEOs or founders of ten ... read more ...
Wed 11th November 2009
Tucows’ Revenues Steady, Brandable Domain Sales Growing -
Tucows reports stable revenue and increase in brandable domain sales.
Tucows today reported earnings of $.07 per share for the third quarter, compared to a loss of less than a penny per share in the same quarter last year. The company benefited from income from its final receipt for selling its stake in domain name registry Afilias, as well as from foreign exchange gains. Revenue held essentially steady compared to last year.
On its investor conference call today, ... read more ...
Tue 10th February 2009
Tucows Sells $1M Domain Name Portfolio; Domain Parking Flat -
Company sells big portfolio, enters into $1.8M expired domain name deal, and sees domain name parking revenue flatline.
Domain name wholesaler Tucows Inc (AMEX: TCX) has sold a portfolio of 2,553 domain names for $1 million, the company announced in its quarterly earnings call yesterday. That’s an average of $392 per domain name. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company reported that the same buyer has rights to purchase up to ... read more ...
Mon 15th December 2008
Creative Commons CEO Joi Ito Joins Tucows Board -
Joi Ito joins Tucows Board of Directors.
Creative Commons CEO, technologist, and venture capitalist Joi Ito has joined domain registrar Tucows (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) Board of Directors.
In addition to serving as Creative Commons’ CEO, Ito is CEO and founder of Neoteny Co. Ltd, a venture capital firm investing in Internet technologies and services, and Kula Co., Ltd., an internet software company. Mr. Ito is the Chairman of Six Apart Japan, a weblog software company; ... read more ...
Mon 10th November 2008
Tucows Reports Slight Loss in Q3 -
Domain registrar fights currency fluctuations; down economy.
Tucows (AMEX: TCX) reported a third quarter loss of $71,000 today.
Despite a difficult environment, our third quarter revenue growth was driven by the strong performance of our OpenSRS Wholesale Services, primarily domain registration,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “A number of factors, including weakness in our email business and the general economy putting downward pressure on ... read more ...